Since there's no programs there weren't pre installed, nothing to lose there. Just multimedia stuff, video, Word documents and e-mails, which can be discared, printed or saved on DVD or floppy.
But will contact HP to verify - should only effect the c
windows directory. I'm just doing as they say, does seem odd about CDs though..........
Its a HP DVD writer +R/+RW 4X and has "hp dvd writer & cd-writer" written on it.
When you say the restore/recovery thing will destroy my data - do you mean it will leave the software intact?